Venture Event Manager

WordPress Event Management Reliable. Optimized. User Friendly. It’s the event management platform you’ve been looking for, available in both free and Pro versions. Key Happiness Features Available In Both Free & Pro

• Easy to install, setup, and maintain.
• Unlimited recurring events*.
• Create unlimited calendars, lists, and single event pages.
• User friendly for admins and site visitors.
• Drag-and-Drop layout controls for event list and single event pages.
• Fast, feature rich and extensible.
• Optimized code for a post-net neutrality world.
• Developer and agency friendly.
• 100% responsive with elegant designs.
• Secure and stable with no database bloat.

*We take you beyond the limitations of traditional recurring events. In fact, this is part of what makes Venture Event Manager so special. Unlike other event management plugins, VEM provides true flexibility when creating multiple occurrences of the same event. Forget about a complicated set of recurrence rules or cranking out multiple copies of the same event for each occurence. VEM goes beyond limited recurrence rules and delivers true freeform multi-occurrence control. Simply put, you can create any number of occurrences per event, each with any combination of the following values:

• Venue
• Date, Start and End times
• Free form text note
• First ticket button/link: price (to/from), button text, and URL
• Second ticket button/link: price (to/from), button text, and URL

VEM is designed to drastically reduce time entering and managing your event information so you can focus on being creative and promoting your events. Of course it should be this easy! Major Feature

• Calendars (month view, stacked daily view, or sidebar view)
• Event Lists (text only or image)
• Event categories
• Event venues
• iCal & Gcal Export
• Supports Google Structured Data to maximize search visibility
• Event widgets
• Keyword search
• 100% Responsive
• Recurring events
• Google directions links
• Supports ticketed or ticketless events
• Multiple ticket buttons per event occurrence
• Shortcodes (calendars, calendar keys, event lists, event modules, plus keyword search)
• User defined layouts for event lists with drag and drop ordering
• User defined single event page layout with drag and drop ordering

Calendar Specific Features

• Month View
• Stacked, daily view
• Sidebar view
• Color-coded event category key
• Display event in popup or clickthrough to single event page
• Display all or upcoming only events
• Manually set calendar load month
• Custom “no events” message
• Filter events to display by category, venue, and season
• Shortcodes (work in pages, posts, and widgets)

Event List Specific Features

• User defined layouts for default list displays (only display the event info you want)
• Keyword search
• Pagination control: manually set items per page or show all
• Show all, upcoming only, or recently added events
• Group all repeat occurrences under single entry or show occurrences separately
• Wrap multiple occurrences into toggle or show all on page load
• Ascending or descending chronological display order
• Link through to single event page or display as list only
• Filter events to display by category, venue, and season
• Display archive only events
• Show full event details link
• Custom “no events” message
• Shortcodes (work in pages, posts, and widgets)

Event Taxonomy all user defined an unlimited

• Categories
• Seasons
• Venues
• Tags

Settings Panels

• General Settings (default currency symbol, time display, time/date order, display end times toggle, custom buy ticket icon)
• Default Event List Layouts (drag and drop layout controls)
• Default Event Page Layouts (drag and drop layout controls, show/hide page title or use event category, page title category display options)

Drag and Drop Layout Options available on event lists and single event page layout settings panels

• Pre Title, Title, and Post Title
• Featured Image (thumbnail, medium, large, or full size)
• Excerpt
• Full event details
• Venue Name*
• Address*
• Date and Time*
• Event Status*
• First Ticket Price*
• First Ticket URL*
• Second Ticket Price*
• Second Ticket URL*
• Note*
• iCal & Gcal Export*

*per occurrence. For multi and recurring events, show them grouped or separate them to appear as individual event entries. Go Pro and add a wealth of additional features, functionality, and direct support.

Installing the plugin is easy. Just follow these steps:

1. Go to Plugins > Add New in your Dashboard and search for: Venture Event Manager
2. Select the Install Now button then select Choose File.
3. Select the Activate button. A message will show confirming activation was successful.

Alt Method 1 Download the .zip from WordPress.org and upload manually at step one above. Alt Method 2 Download the .zip from WordPress.org, and upload the folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory via FTP. That’s it! Just configure your settings as you see fit, and you’re on your way to enjoying the best event management platform available. Need help getting things started? Check out our Getting Started primer.

Official changelog available at https://changelog.ventureeventmanager.com/